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Ahead of his presentation at next week’s iKids conference in Miami, Cartoon Network Digital’s senior director of user experience Beau Teague talks with us about the design and strategy for Cartoon Network Anything, the industry’s first micro-network app.

New London-based distribution company Jetpack Distribution, headed up by Disney alum Dominic Gardiner, has inked deals with producers in Australasia for the exclusive global distribution rights to two kids shows, Heart and Soul and The Moe Show (pictured).

Spanish toyco Famosa has secured a deal with Madrid’s Anima Kitchent, a new prodco incorporated by Mexico’s Anima Estudios, to turn its popular mini-doll brand Pinypon into an animated TV series for girls ages six to eight.

The Malibu, California-based toy maker has picked up the rights to manufacture and distribute products based on the Minions from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me film franchise.